Quran 37:16 Surah Assaaffat ayat 16 Tafsir Ibn Katheer in English
﴿أَإِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَامًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ﴾
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37:16 When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?
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Quran 37:16 Tafsir Al-Jalalayn
When we are dead and have become dust and bones shall we indeed be resurrected? In both places sc. a-idhā and a-innā either pronounce both hamzas or read without pronouncing the second one and inserting an alif between them in both cases.
Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim
Maintaining the false dictum, they add: How can we be raised after death and be restored to life after we have been reduced to dust and disintegrated bones
Quran 37:16 Tafsir Ibn Kathir
The Certainty of Life after Death
Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that these things were harder to create than they were.
If this is the case, then why do they deny the resurrection, when they see things that are greater than that which they deny As Allah says:
لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْـثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not ) ( 40:57 ) Then Allah explains that they were created from something weak, as He says:
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـهُم مِّن طِينٍ لاَّزِبٍ
( Verily, We created them of a sticky clay. ) Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ad-Dahhak said, "This is the useful kind of mud which sticks to itself." Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and `Ikrimah said, "It is sticky and useful." Qatadah said, "It is that which sticks to the hand."
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخُرُونَ
( Nay, you wondered while they mock. ) means, `you were astounded, O Muhammad, at these people who denied the resurrection whilst you were certain that it is true, when they disbelieved in what Allah told you of this wondrous matter, which is the re-creation of their bodies after they have disintegrated.
They oppose what you say because of their intense disbelief and they make fun of what you tell them about that.' Qatadah said, "Muhammad was astounded by the mockery of the misguided ones among the sons of Adam."
وَإِذَا رَأَوْاْ ءَايَةً
( And when they see an Ayah ) means, clear evidence and proof,
يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
( they mock at it. ) Mujahid and Qatadah said, "They make fun of it."
وَقَالُواْ إِن هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
( And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!" ) means, `this that you have brought is nothing but plain magic.'
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ - أَوَ ءَابَآؤُنَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ
( When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then ) verily be resurrected And also our fathers of old) They thought that this was unlikely to happen, and they did not believe it.
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَخِرُونَ
( Say: "Yes, and you shall then be humiliated". ) means, `tell them, O Muhammad: Yes, you will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection, after you have become dust and bones, and you will be humiliated,' i.e., put to shame before His great might.
This is like the Ayat:
وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَخِرِينَ
( And all shall come to Him, humbled ) ( 27:87 ), and
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ
( Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) ( 40:60 ) Then Allah says:
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
( It will be a single Zajrah, and behold, they will be staring! ) means, it will be a single command from Allah, He will call them once to come forth from the earth, then they will be standing before Him, staring at the horrors of the Day of Resurrection.
And Allah knows best.
Tafsir Maarif-ul-Quran Mufti Muhammad Shafi
The Certainty of Life after Death
Allah says: `Ask these people, those who deny the resurrection, which is harder to create Are they more difficult to create or the heavens, the earth, the angels, devils, the mighty creatures -- everything in between them' Ibn Mas`ud said that they admitted that these things were harder to create than they were.
If this is the case, then why do they deny the resurrection, when they see things that are greater than that which they deny As Allah says:
لَخَلْقُ السَّمَـوَتِ وَالاٌّرْضِ أَكْـبَرُ مِنْ خَلْقِ النَّاسِ وَلَـكِنَّ أَكْـثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
( The creation of the heavens and the earth is indeed greater than the creation of mankind; yet, most of mankind know not ) ( 40:57 ) Then Allah explains that they were created from something weak, as He says:
إِنَّا خَلَقْنَـهُم مِّن طِينٍ لاَّزِبٍ
( Verily, We created them of a sticky clay. ) Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr and Ad-Dahhak said, "This is the useful kind of mud which sticks to itself." Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, and `Ikrimah said, "It is sticky and useful." Qatadah said, "It is that which sticks to the hand."
بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخُرُونَ
( Nay, you wondered while they mock. ) means, `you were astounded, O Muhammad, at these people who denied the resurrection whilst you were certain that it is true, when they disbelieved in what Allah told you of this wondrous matter, which is the re-creation of their bodies after they have disintegrated.
They oppose what you say because of their intense disbelief and they make fun of what you tell them about that.' Qatadah said, "Muhammad was astounded by the mockery of the misguided ones among the sons of Adam."
وَإِذَا رَأَوْاْ ءَايَةً
( And when they see an Ayah ) means, clear evidence and proof,
يَسْتَسْخِرُونَ
( they mock at it. ) Mujahid and Qatadah said, "They make fun of it."
وَقَالُواْ إِن هَـذَآ إِلاَّ سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ
( And they say: "This is nothing but evident magic!" ) means, `this that you have brought is nothing but plain magic.'
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَاباً وَعِظَـماً أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ - أَوَ ءَابَآؤُنَا الاٌّوَّلُونَ
( When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then ) verily be resurrected And also our fathers of old) They thought that this was unlikely to happen, and they did not believe it.
قُلْ نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ دَخِرُونَ
( Say: "Yes, and you shall then be humiliated". ) means, `tell them, O Muhammad: Yes, you will be raised up on the Day of Resurrection, after you have become dust and bones, and you will be humiliated,' i.e., put to shame before His great might.
This is like the Ayat:
وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَخِرِينَ
( And all shall come to Him, humbled ) ( 27:87 ), and
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَخِرِينَ
( Verily, those who scorn My worship, they will surely enter Hell in humiliation! ) ( 40:60 ) Then Allah says:
فَإِنَّمَا هِىَ زَجْرَةٌ وَحِدَةٌ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَنظُرُونَ
( It will be a single Zajrah, and behold, they will be staring! ) means, it will be a single command from Allah, He will call them once to come forth from the earth, then they will be standing before Him, staring at the horrors of the Day of Resurrection.
And Allah knows best.
Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
( When we are dead and have become dust and ) withered ( bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised (again )) shall we then be brought back to life after we die? Say to them, O Muhammad: indeed you shall.
Muhammad Taqiud-Din alHilali
"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we (then) verily be resurrected?
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